CN1252578C - Wearable touch pad device - Google Patents
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Abstract
A touch pad device (1) comprising one or more touch sensitive areas (2) provided on at least one side of the housing for allowing a user to touch a certain part of the areas to input desired information, control electronics (52) connected to the touch sensitive areas (2), provided in the interior of the housing and for output of a control signal for interpreting the desired information, and a signal transmitter (15, 53) connected to the control electronics for transmitting the control signal to the outside of a touch pad device e.g. for controlling an apparatus such as household appliances, and/or audio video apparatuses.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to telechiric device.As lamp, household electrical appliance, the equipment of audio and video equipment and/or computing machine etc. can use telechiric device to control.For each equipment, generally provide the telechiric device of an appointment.Therefore have at people's family and more and more be easy to the telechiric device lost.
Background technology
In order to reduce the telechiric device that this problem has worked out the function of binding operation plurality of devices.These composite sets have a large amount of button of the size that has increased such telechiric device usually.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of touching pad device, it comprises:
-housing;
-be arranged on one or more touch sensitive region at least one side of housing so that allow the user to touch the information of certain part in this zone with the input expectation;
-the inside that is arranged on housing is used to export the control signal that is used for translating desired information, the control electronic component that is connected with touch sensitive region;
-be used for control signal is delivered to the outside of the touching pad device of opertaing device, and be connected to the sender unit of control electronic component; With
Be used for changing the additional input device of the susceptibility of touch sensitive region according to user's input.
Can easily carry so that under most environment, control most equipment according to control device of the present invention.
The preferred embodiments of the present invention are characterised in that this dispensing device is that wireless base station apparatus is so that more easily carry.
Can use same device, carry out in the bedroom, turning on TV, change sound or channel, and/or after turning on TV, make the lamp deepening.This same device also can be controlled some equipment and/or the lamp in another room.
Another preferred embodiment of the present invention is, this device comprises the additional input device that is used for changing according to the user's of this device hope the susceptibility of touch sensitive region.
In a further advantageous embodiment, housing comprises coupling arrangement, this device is connected in the clothes of an optimum position and from the position of its connection handles this device.This device can also be used for several clothes continuously.
Employed signal is infrared signal preferably, because infrared signal has such advantage, stops if sight line just is interrupted.If this is preferred more than one equipment as using at home in close scope.The chance of the interference of two or more equipment rooms will be very little.But best signal is not stopped by barrier in other situation.In this case, can use radiowave.If control device is connected on the main body, dispensing device is preferably insensitive to direction, because clothes passes by radiowave.
Provide control function to change in an alternative embodiment of the invention according to the position that touches this sensitizing range.This has superiority especially, because this mode can be simulated the amplitude of slide switch by a touch sensitive region.For example, use the left side of this touch sensitive region can adjust the brightness of lamp in the room, and use the right side of touch sensitive region can make the unexpected big change of the brightness of lamp in the room.
In addition, this device can be equipped with the receiving trap of the management information that is used for for example receiving this device, and this device can be had for example computer remote control operation of platform of sufficient resources.
Another aspect of an embodiment is, can be by knocking specific this device of part switch of touch sensitive region or touch sensitive region.
Another preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises indicating device, and this indicating device makes the user know which side of this touch sensitive region is more responsive than an other side.This aspect is embodied in along on the protuberance of touch sensitive region variation in thickness.
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According to following description of a preferred embodiment and with reference to accompanying drawing further advantageous characteristic of the present invention and details will be shown.Accompanying drawing comprises:
Fig. 1 shows the skeleton view of first preferred embodiment of device of the present invention;
Fig. 2 shows the skeleton view of seeing the embodiment of Fig. 1 from another side;
Fig. 3 shows skeleton view according to a further advantageous embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 4 shows the skeleton view of seeing the embodiment of Fig. 3 from another side; With
Fig. 5 is the calcspar of the embodiment of the invention.
Embodiment
First embodiment (Fig. 1) according to device of the present invention comprises the housing that contains four sidewalls 3,4,5 and 6, and the roof that contains the touch pads 2 of touch-sensitive is connected to the clothes of some types or the base wall 16 on the analog 13 with containing to be useful on device 2.
In addition, these sidewalls 4 and 5 are equipped with the low high protuberance of right-hand member of left end.Place, diagonal angle in roof is provided with two infrared transmitter 15.Sidewall 5 is equipped with slide switch 7.Sidewall 6 is equipped with microphone 18, voice output joint 19, control data joint 17 and button 8.Rotary switch 10,11 is housed sidewall 4 and sidewall 3 is equipped with button 9.Base wall 16 is equipped with the speaker hole 20 that the sound that is used to make loudspeaker passes through.
Fig. 3 has the shape different with the embodiment of Fig. 1 and 2 with 4 embodiment, but represents identical parts with identical Reference numeral at Fig. 3 as far as possible in 4.
Infrared ray dispensing device 15 is used for the data from the control electron device are sent to by using the equipment of touch pads control.Can transmit from touching pad device by radiowave and send control data, send for radiowave, can the interior of this device or outside the antenna (not shown) is set.The another kind of method that control signal is delivered on the miscellaneous equipment is to pass through electric wire.Therefore joint 17 is located at the side 6 of touching pad device.
In addition, touch pads is equipped with microphone 18, loudspeaker 20 and sound out splice going splice 19.Sound is the another kind of data input that is used for control device.
The touching pad device of the such size in 3.5cm*5.0cm-6.0cm*12.0cm scope preferably is very suitable for clothes.Therefore this embodiment is equipped with and is used for the clip 12 that removably is connected with clothes 13.Among another embodiment (Fig. 4) Wei Kelao velcro 14 is housed, is used for removably this device being connected on the clothes.The advantage that like this device is connected on the clothes is to prepare at any time to use.
By on the surface of touch pads, touching and/or slide finger or, enter data in the touch pads such as the object of marking pen or stylus.The control electron device becomes output signal with this touch pads data-switching.One of this embodiment is characterised in that the susceptibility that moves along touch pads changes according to described mobile position.
By switch 7,8,9,10 and 11 can be input to the data of other type in the touching pad device.Such switch can be for dissimilar, and for example pushbutton switch 8,9, slide switch 7 and rotary switch 10,11.The function that these switches can be used to add, for example the susceptibility of this touch pads is controlled a kind of equipment that uses touch pads control, scrolling tabulation through and through, perhaps function selecting on for example TV or computer screen.
Susceptibility also can change according to the touch location on touch pads.In Fig. 1, represent arrow with mark M and S.These marks have been represented susceptibility and motion.If the user wishes to use the function of this touch pads to change the setting of sound size, then can be along the direction of the arrow M finger that slides.If at the end face upper edge of touch pads M direction moveable finger, the big change of short mobile generation sound size, and the same loud malo change of mobile generation on the bottom surface of touch pads.Therefore on the end face of touch pads, carry out unexpected change sound size fast easily, finely tune easily on simultaneously below touch pads.
Also be provided with two among the embodiment of Fig. 1 across the parallel protuberance in the side opposite each other 4,5 of this device of this touch pads side, this swells 4A at one end, and the 5A place is thin and at other end 4B, 5B is thick.This makes the user of this device needn't see that this device is more responsive or insensitive along moving of arrow M at which end with regard to the energy perception.
Similarly, according to the moving of severed digit or stylus in the position of carrying out on the described mobile zone 2 along the S direction.Protuberance 4,5 at which end moves sensitiveer or insensitive with helping user's perception once more.
By being connected to touch sensitive region 2, the battery 51 of control electron device 52 and dispensing device 53 is supplied with touching pad device (Fig. 5) electric energy.When moveable finger on the surface of touch sensitive region 2, produce touch data by touch sensitive region.This touch data is sent to and is used for control electron device that it is translated.In addition, the control electron device is used for producing the touch data that sends signal, and this sends signal and is transmitted by dispensing device 53.This sends signal and is applicable to above-mentioned control device.
In order to protect the energy content of battery, this device 1 preferably is arranged in it can automatic own supression activity after using a preset time.This importance can be designed by the user.Such pause function has reduced replacing or change the needs of battery 51.
The present invention is not limited to the explanation of the above embodiments, and the right of being applied for can be carried out many changes by appended claim definition in the scope of this claim.
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1. touching pad device, it comprises:
-housing;
-be arranged on one or more touch sensitive region (2) at least one side of housing so that the user touch certain part input in this zone desired information;
-be arranged on the control electron device (52) that is connected to this touch sensitive region (2) in the inside of housing, so that output is used for translating the control signal of desired information;
-be connected to this electron device to be used for transmitting the sender unit (15,53) of this control signal to the outside of the touching pad device of opertaing device; With
Be used for changing the additional input device (7) of the susceptibility of touch sensitive region (2) according to user's input.
2. device according to claim 1 is characterized in that, this sender unit (53) is wireless base station apparatus (15).
3. device according to claim 1 is characterized in that, housing comprises the coupling arrangement (12,14) that is used for this device is connected to clothes/disassemble from this clothes.
4. device according to claim 1 is characterized in that, changes control according to the touch location on touch sensitive region (2).
5. device according to claim 1 is characterized in that, it also comprises the receiving trap (15) of the management information that is used to receive this device.
6. device according to claim 1 is characterized in that, it is arranged to be activated or the supression activity by knocking this touch sensitive region (2).
7. device according to claim 1 is characterized in that, it is equipped with the responsive insensitive indicating device of which side (4,5) of which side that is used to indicate this touch sensitive region.
8. be provided with equipment and/or clothes according to each described device of aforesaid right requirement.
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